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English training targets Asean's link languagehttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/sep/18/asean-boosts-english
Brunei funds $25m English programme to bolster southeast Asia's adopted lingua franca<p>Brunei and the US will this month start delivering the first of a series of intensive 11-week English-language courses for teacher trainers and government officials in southeast Asia, where consolidated language skills are expected to help unify the region before it becomes a single economic zone in 2015.</p><p>The courses are part of a five-year, $25m Brunei-US English Language Enrichment Project for the <a href="http://www.aseansec.org/" title="">Association of Southeast Asian Nations</a> (Asean), aimed at linguistically unifying the 10 members – all of which speak their own languages – and strengthening diplomatic, educational and teaching opportunities across the region.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/sep/18/asean-boosts-english">Continue reading...</a>TeflBruneiThailandBurmaCambodiaVietnamHawaiiHillary ClintonUS foreign policyTue, 18 Sep 2012 12:59:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/sep/18/asean-boosts-englishJim Watson/AFPUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, centre, with Brunei's Foreign Minister Prince Mohamed Bolkiah at the launch of the Brunei-US English Language Enrichment Project for Asean at University of Brunei Darussalam in Bandar Seri Begawan. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFPJim Watson/AFPUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, centre, with Brunei's Foreign Minister Prince Mohamed Bolkiah at the launch of the Brunei-US English Language Enrichment Project for Asean at University of Brunei Darussalam in Bandar Seri Begawan. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFPKate Hodal2012-09-18T12:59:04Z